Trump Is Guilty of ‘Numerous’ Felonies, Prosecutor Who Resigned Says  —  Mark F. Pomerantz, who had investigated the former president, left after the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, halted an effort to seek an indictment.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Under Fire, Out of Fuel, No Air Support: What Intercepted Russian Radio Chatter Reveals  —  The Times's Visual Investigations team analyzed dozens of battlefield radio transmissions between Russian forces during an initial invasion of the town of Makariv, outside Kyiv.

Cory Booker Aside, Democrats Stranded Ketanji Brown Jackson  —  The third day of hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court came to a close on Wednesday following another 10-plus hours filled with character smears about child pornography from Republican senators …

Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden has formally asked two Trump-appointed members of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition to resign from their posts or be terminated.

Top Russian military leaders repeatedly decline calls from U.S., prompting fears of ‘sleepwalking into war’ … Repeated attempts by the United States' top defense and military leaders to speak with their Russian counterparts have been rejected by Moscow for the last month …

North Korea's Nuclear Opportunism … With the entire world focused on Ukraine, the coming weeks and months will present the perfect opportunity for rogue states to make trouble, knowing that the United States and other powers are distracted.  Chief among such potential opportunists is North Korea …

Spies Will Doom Putin  —  After invading Ukraine, he's tightening the screws the way the Soviets did—and that will help the CIA recruit Russians.  —  I spent 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency's clandestine service, and watching Vladimir Putin's brutal war in Ukraine …

Foreign Secretary announces 65 new Russian sanctions to cut off vital industries fuelling Putin's war machine  —  New sanctions target strategic industries, banks and business elites.  —  From:  —  Liz Truss has announced 65 sanctions, targeting strategic industries, banks and business elites

Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies at 84  —  Madeleine K. Albright, who came to the United States as an 11-year-old political refugee from Czechoslovakia and decades later was an ardent and effective advocate against mass atrocities in Eastern Europe while serving …

Russia-Ukraine war fails to fuel Biden rebound: AP-NORC poll  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden meets with key allies in Brussels to coordinate a stronger response to Russia's monthlong assault on Ukraine, a new poll shows Americans have yet to rally around his leadership.

“We're Going to Be Conservative.”  Official Orders Books Removed From Schools, Targeting Titles About Transgender People.  —  The North Texas superintendent's comments, made on a leaked recording, raise constitutional concerns, legal experts said.  —  Co-published with NBC News and The Texas Tribune

In texts, SC GOP candidates picks fight with Mick Mulvaney  —  A Trump-backed South Carolina GOP congressional candidate lashed out at the former president's acting White House chief of staff in a series of text messages this week, where she twice called Mick Mulvaney a “piece of s—” …

Live Updates: Biden Is in Europe to Rally Allies as Ukraine Battles Russian Forces  —  As President Biden holds urgent meetings with NATO, the G7 and the E.U. in Brussels, Ukraine says it destroyed a Russian landing ship at a strategic southern port.  A U.N. agency says the war has driven half of Ukraine's children from their homes.